Saudi-led coalition accuses Houthis of Medina strike as Yemen fighting intensifies
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The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthi movement accused the group of carrying out a drone attack on an electricity distribution station in Medina, Saudi Arabia, while the Houthis denied involvement.
The coalition said the station supplies the Prophet’s Mosque and that Tuesday’s attack disabled one transformer without disrupting the wider electricity network. It said an examination of drone wreckage indicated Houthi involvement. A Houthi military source quoted by the Houthi-run Saba news agency called the allegation a “lie.”
The coalition also said it intercepted four Houthi drones over Khamis Mushait and two ballistic missiles over Khamis Mushait and Jazan in southern Saudi Arabia on Thursday.
In Yemen, forces aligned with the internationally recognized government reported intense clashes in Taiz province after what they described as a large-scale Houthi attack. The government forces said at least 30 Houthi fighters were killed on the al-Aqrud front and dozens more were wounded. Those casualty claims were not independently confirmed.
Separately, Reuters and Newsquawk reported that Saudi Arabia was planning an assault intended to loosen Houthi control over Red Sea shipping routes. Ynetnews reported that the proposed offensive could involve 100,000 troops and seek to retake the Bab el-Mandeb area. Details of the plan and its status were not disclosed in the reports’ available summaries.
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